The Research Ethics Governance dataset is a cross-sectional, global dataset, based on over 800 source documents and coded between January and July 2020. The dataset relies on publicly available information collected via desk-based online searches. For a full list of sources, see "REG_-_Annex_D-References_f".

For an elaboration of the data collection methods, see document "REG_-_Annex A-Data_Collection_and_Language_f". 

The dataset includes 17 original variables describing national-level regulations for research ethics in 197 countries. For a description of the variables, see "REG_-_Annex_B-Codebook_f"

Several cases were difficult to code. For insight on coding decisions, see "REG_-_Annex_C-Difficult-cases_f"

The full dataset is available in the file "REC_JPR_final.dta"

A published paper on the findings is available at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00223433241249352

Replication files for this paper are available in the file "REG_analysis_logg.log" and the do-file is in "REC - Statistical Analysis_f.do"

For further queries, please contact Rebecca Tapscott (Rebecca.Tapscott@glasgow.ac.uk)